DHAKA, Jan 16, 2015 (BSS)- AKM Shamiul Alam and Ashok Purakayastha were elected president and general secretary of Sylhet District Bar Association. Election officer Muhtadinur Rahman Selim announced the results at 5.20 am today. The voting was ...

Foreigners are intrigued by Amar Ekushey Granthamela every year in February but often fail to find good translated works of Bangladeshi writers. Expatriate development worker Danielle Naranjilla, in particular, is curious about works of popular ...

NEW DELHI: Fear of large scale retrenchment for the first time prompted professionals from the IT industry to come together under one platform to initiate a joint struggle on Sunday. After job cuts at TCS and fearing similar action by other ...

During a press conference on the violence faced by indigenous women, the Bangladesh Indigenious Women's Network (BIWN) released the latest figures, which demonstrated a significant increase in attacks on indigenous women in Bangladesh. While in 2013 ...

The whole IT & Tech industry of the country is under the stress of massive layoffs at present, as the giant players are aiming and pursuing a large scale retrenchment. This has compelled the IT and tech professionals to come under one roof and fight ...

THE WEEK Exclusive In an acting career that spanned five decades, Aparna Sen had never been dictated. Not even once did she have to approach a director or producer for a role, nor was she ever forced to do a role she did not like. She was a ...

KOLKATA: An America-based Bengali doctor, who was in Kolkata to take part in a workshop on Saturday, lamented the fact that the city lacked infrastructure for a regenerative medicine centre. Director of the Center of Regenerative Medicine & ...